PatMustard
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I think the divisional teams are a good idea.
I wonder which jersey they’d use, and what their home ground would be though?
I wonder which jersey they’d use, and what their home ground would be though?
Intermediate Championship 2019
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JoeH
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Divisional teams is a good idea
Would intermediate and junior championship have to be completed before senior starts?
Good question. Can’t imagine too many Sarsfield’s or Tones men wanting to line out with each other. Likewise any of the Lurgan clubs.
PatMustard
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Sarsfields are senior, so they wouldn’t be included. If you were going to do a North Armagh team, it would be players from the likes of Eire Og, Ballyhegan, Clonmore, TNN, St Paul’s, Tones etc.
Armaghball
Well-Known Member
Were they not relegated this year?
Sarsfield’s got relegated this year so they’ll be intermediate
PatMustard
Well-Known Member
Can’t remember tbh.
Well, in that case, they’ll have to put a Sarsfields man at corner back and a Tones man at corner forward, so that they never meet.
Just out of interest what do we think of these hypothetical divisional sides?
Lurgan:
Clan na Gael
Éire Óg
Sarsfield’s
St Paul’s
Wolfe Tones
Portadown:
Ballyhegan
Clonmore
Collegeland
Tir na nOg
West Armagh:
An Port Mór
Derrynoose
Keady
Middletown
Tullysaran
Camlough:
Belleeks
Carrickcruppen
Corringshego
Shane O’Neill’s
East Armagh:
Clady
Lissummon
Mullabrack
O’Hanlon’s
Whitecross
South Armagh:
Culloville
Dorsey
Newtown
Forkhill
Lurgan:
Clan na Gael
Éire Óg
Sarsfield’s
St Paul’s
Wolfe Tones
Portadown:
Ballyhegan
Clonmore
Collegeland
Tir na nOg
West Armagh:
An Port Mór
Derrynoose
Keady
Middletown
Tullysaran
Camlough:
Belleeks
Carrickcruppen
Corringshego
Shane O’Neill’s
East Armagh:
Clady
Lissummon
Mullabrack
O’Hanlon’s
Whitecross
South Armagh:
Culloville
Dorsey
Newtown
Forkhill
That’s exactly the sort of idea I have been raising for years. An option would be to run off a Divisional qualifier....2 groups of 3 and each team play 4 games, home and away and the team on top of each group go into the senior championship. That’s how it happens in Cork. Cork hurling championship was won yesterday for the third year in a row by Imokilly which is primarily based round Youghal in east cork. They can’t go into the Munster club so the beaten finalist goes through. Still a great way for players from lower level clubs to play at a higher level
cast no shadow
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When the decision was made back in 2011 I believe context was to merge league and Championship to make it more consistent and equal. I believe this was the correct decision! However the mistake was when we merged 4 divisions into three Championship. What should have happened was that there should have been a junior b championship for division 4 teams.
Division 1 - Senior (11 teams)
Division 2 - Intermediate (12 teams)
Division 3 - Junior (12 teams)
Division 4 - Junior B (13 Teams)
In order to improve overall Armagh performance in Ulster club we have to regrade our grades so to speak!!
(I might be slightly incorrect here but for example this rule was applied Grange would have been competing in the Junior this year!) Indeed I’m sure some teams in the lower divisions would jump at the opportunity to win a Junior B championship.
Yes the overall standard in club football has went downward over the past few years. There is no doubt the standard in the late 90 early 00 was of a really high standard. Junior up! Even at senior level although cross where constantly winning the Mullagbawns, Ogs, Clans, Dromintee where serious teams.
Something has went very wrong! Maybe if the powers had a Club first approach as opposed to the fixation on development squads and elitism the general standard within the county would improve!
Division 1 - Senior (11 teams)
Division 2 - Intermediate (12 teams)
Division 3 - Junior (12 teams)
Division 4 - Junior B (13 Teams)
In order to improve overall Armagh performance in Ulster club we have to regrade our grades so to speak!!
(I might be slightly incorrect here but for example this rule was applied Grange would have been competing in the Junior this year!) Indeed I’m sure some teams in the lower divisions would jump at the opportunity to win a Junior B championship.
Yes the overall standard in club football has went downward over the past few years. There is no doubt the standard in the late 90 early 00 was of a really high standard. Junior up! Even at senior level although cross where constantly winning the Mullagbawns, Ogs, Clans, Dromintee where serious teams.
Something has went very wrong! Maybe if the powers had a Club first approach as opposed to the fixation on development squads and elitism the general standard within the county would improve!
Just reading back through the comments on this section of the intermediate and for those of you that come from outside the Grange clearly haven’t a fuckin clue. Let me keep yous in the loop. Yous done nothing only run the Grange senior team down all year. Bad mouthing them at every opportunity even directing abuse at certain individuals at times. Giving out about the dirty tactics that the Grange used in the group game against clans yet the two straight reds were correctly overturned. Nobody give Grange a chance against Mullaghbawn, yet when we beat them apparently they’d opened the championship up for clans to go on and win. Funnily enough 7 days later the Grange knocked them out aswell. Then all of a sudden there was a bit of respect for the grange and what a great job they were doing. Then the Grange were criticised for their celebrations after the final. There’s a high percentage of people on this forum wouldn’t know what a championship was if it hit them in the face so they wouldn’t know how to celebrate one anyway. But if ye asked the Grange lads would they celebrate any differently I could guarantee they wouldn’t. As for the Ulster campaign... we were missing 4/5 lads that were injured from the final and one was in Japan at the RWC, take 4/5 lads out of any country club and it’ll be tough against any opposition. Also for people saying we didn’t represent the county well... the grange weren’t representing the county anyway, they were representing the grange and the people associated with the club, and nobody else so frankly we couldn’t give two fucks about what anyone from outside the club thinks. But we will be fit to keep atty hearty warm all winter which is a problem 15 other intermediate clubs could only dream of having. Ask anybody from the Grange, player or supporter and they’ll be very proud of what the Seniors achieved this year.
Let me tell ye a we story lads. I’m not on here to fall out with anybody. There’s no sad cunts in the grange bluenose sure we won the championship. If I’m not mistaken 1/2 of our senior lads got a few calls after Clans beat us in the group stages. Sure it’s only lads having a bit of craic I’m sure. And where they were drinking is totally irrelevant. Theres no rule saying you’ve to be from Lurgan to drink in Lurgan. I’d say Ger Reid was happy enough with his days takings
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Did they do that? Legends
A very passionate post from Hose - and I can identify where he is coming from. Club is number one - it is where you grew up and it is what makes you. Save for a few swear worfs used - i like his passion
ragingbull
Well-Known Member
no one run Grange senior team down all year & Bad mouthed them on here
I dunno about half your team getting calls that’s news to me. And you’re quite right grange men always welcome in Lurgan look forward to them playing in Davitt park again I’m sure it won’t be too long til they’re back there. Hopefully in division 1
Always enjoyed a run to Davitt Park. Do a great Guinness in the social club. The phone calls sound very like a few men have had a few too many pints in them and got a we bit carried away. Make no mistake bluenose I’ve seen enough of clans to make me believe they’ll be in Div 1 next year.
The Fisherman
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very well said hose